John Godfrey Saxe

Quotes

• “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.”
• “It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each by observation Might satisfy the mind.”
• “And so these men of Hindustan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right And all were in the wrong. So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!”
• “Young men! it 's a critical thing to goExactly right with a lady in tow;But when you are in the proper track,Just go ahead, and never look back!”
• “Don't use strong drink, — pray let me advise, — It 's bad for the stomach, and ruins the eyes;”
• “INGLORIOUS friend! most confident I amThy life is one of very little ease;Albeit men mock thee with their similesAnd prate of being "happy as a clam!"”

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